field size limitation of csv file

Question

I was wondering if there is a limit to the size of a single field that can be saved in a csv file? I understand that the size of the CSV file itself is dependent only on the operating system.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The history of CSV is described at Wikipedia. The closest thing to a formal specification of the CSV file format is RFC4180.

Neither of these documents describe any limits on the size of a field. In practice the tooling you use might have some sort of restriction, as most CSV parsers would buffer the record line, prior to splitting it.